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Erice@ CHARLES C. BADGLEY, OFNEEVLYSVILLE, MISSOURI.

STEAM LOGGING-CRAB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters, Patent No. 270,873, dat-ed January 16, 1863.

Application filed November 20, 1882. (No model.)

.To all whom 'it may concern "from any quarter, and frequently from points and'across places where it is impracticable to employ teams in moving the logs. The prominent feature ofthe construction is a drum constructed to be turned to and to wind from any quarter of the horizon, to which end the drum is mounted upon a turntable and the turn-table is pivotedin abuser Thedrum isdivided,oneend of the drum receiving one rope and the other end of the drum receiving another rope, and as' one of the ropes is being wound onto one end of the drum the other ofthe ropes is being unwound from the other end of the drum. rEhe drum is preferably actuated by steam-power, the engine or engines and boiler being mounted with the drum upon the turn-table and rotating therewith. The entire construction is thus self contained, and as such can be transported from place to place, as desired. The -base is .preferably made so that when it is desired to move thecrab the rope can be attached to an object in the direction in which the crab is to be moved, and then by winding the rope onto the drum the base and superstructure are drawn along.

.The preferable inode of carrying out the improvement is illustrated in the drawings, in which A represents the drum, B the turn-table, The drum-shaft a turns in the bearings a a,'which are attached to the turntable. By means of the ange a2 one end, c3, of the drum is divided from the other end, a4. The drum at its center which is a convenient place therefor) is also provided with the gear D. A pair of steam-engines, E E', is preferably used. .The engines and boiler E2'are secured to the The motiongines is thus communicated to thedruin. Any

other suitable mechanism, however, can be used in effecting such communication; but I regard that shown and described the most desirable.

The turn-table B turns upon the shaft B. (Shown in broken lines in Fig. 2.) The shaft B is suitably held or xed in the base C. The rollers H support the turn-table near its periphery. The shaft B is provided with a gear, I. A vertical shaft, J, having a handle or crank, J', and working in a bearing, J2, in the turntable, is provided with a pinion, J3, which e'ngages with the gear It. By rotating` the shaft J the turntable, together with the drum, engines, &c., is turned toward that quarterfrom which it is Vdesired to obtain the logs. The crab is then brought into operation, and the rope, which is attached to the log being drawn, is wound onto one end of the drum-say the end as-and the log is drawn up to the crab.

The rope upon 4the other end, a4, ofthe drum is Wound thereon in the opposite direction to that of the rope upon the end a3, and as the rope is wound, as described, onto the end a3 the rope upon the end at and as it is unwound it is carried to the log next to be drawn in, and so on., as one log is being moved a rope is being placed in position for moving another log. he capacity ofthe crab is thus largely increased.

The side rails, c c, of the base C are preferably made in the form of sled-runners to facilitate the moving of the device. The ropes are not shown in the drawings.

I claiml. A crab pivoted'centrally toits base, to

enable the drum to be turned to any quarter.

is unwound therefrom,`

2. A crab pivoted t0 its base, and having the 5. In a crab, a table supporting the drum of drum divided into the parts c3 a4, as and for the crab and the mechanism for operating the the purposes described. drum, and pivoted to a base beneath the table,

3. The combination of the drum A, the gear for the purposes described.

5 D, the engines EE', the cranks F F', the shafts F2 G', andthe gears F4 G G2, substantially as C. C. BADGLEY. described.

4. The combination, in a crab, of the turn- Witnesses: table B, the base C, the shaft; Bl, the gear I, R. W. TATE, Io the shaftJ, andthe pinion J5'7 substantially as WM. J. MCMAUGH.

described. 

